Project Description

Rural Ulster Preservation Company (RUPCO), working closely with the Town of Woodstock, will develop an innovative, mixed income and intergenerational housing campus located within the Hamlet center of Town. The master development of Woodstock Commons will produce 62 units of housing including homeownership, senior and family rental housing (see site plan). Woodstock Commons is the result of RUPCO working with the Town–appointed Affordable Housing Committee for nearly two years to locate a site for affordable housing.

10 first time homebuyer units will be in built in a town-home fashion. Each home will be approximately 1300 square feet and contain 3 bedrooms. These homes will be sold to qualified families making at or below 80% AMI.

52 units of intergenerational affordable rental housing
• 20 one-bedroom units exclusively for people 55 and over
• family rental units will range from 1 to 3-bedrooms, with a majority in the 2 to 3-bedroom range. The housing will serve households and individuals with incomes below 30% to 60% AMI.

Project Design

Click here to view architectural drawings of the project. Innovation continues in the project’s green design. RUPCO is proposing the first known geothermal design for affordable housing, outside of New York City. The geothermal ground source design will allow Woodstock Commons to be completely independent of fossil fuels for its heating, cooling and domestic hot water production. The design will produce long term maintenance and operating savings for RUPCO and utility cost savings for the tenants. Woodstock Commons hopes to be the first LEED certified affordable design in upstate New York.

Project Location

The 28 acre site is the largest undeveloped parcel within the Hamlet center, of which approximately 7 acres will be built upon and the remaining acreage will be conserved. This specific site was named in the Town of Woodstock’s draft Comprehensive Plan as the last, best chance to create affordable housing.